Announcements
Announcements
The East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO) is organizing the first Youth Innovation Forum and associated Presidential Innovation Awards in November 2022. The forum will offer a platform to catalyze the effective engagement of young people in steering the course of future developments within the East African Community (EAC) through innovations.
The forum brings together young researchers, developers and innovators, entrepreneurs, finance actors, academia and public policymakers.
Graphic: East African Youth Innovation Forum.
The EAC Regional Youth Innovation Forum is organized by EASTECO with support and in collaboration with stakeholders of STI in the region and globally, including GIZ, ministries responsible for science, technology and innovation, and national councils/commissions of science and technology.
The forum aims to provide a platform for the youth in science, technology and innovation in the East African Community and beyond to share their innovation experiences in generating scientific and technologically innovative solutions to social needs and market demand.
14.00 – 15.30 EAT
Keynote Address: Dr. Anderson Kehbila, Programme Leader for Natural Resources and Ecosystems, SEI Africa
Speaker 1: Simone Philbert – Production of briquettes and fabrication of improved cooking stoves as strategy to convince the community to shift from charcoal to briquette
Speaker 2: Neema Walter – Conversation of organic waste into electricity and clean cooking gas to combat climate change
Speaker 3: Olivier Nihimbazwe – Producing Chlorine Locally: Towards A Sustainable Water Treatment Service Delivery and Diarrhoea Control in Rural Burundi
Speaker 4: Ishimwe Fabrice – Production of coal and fertilizer using wastes from landfill will eradicate greenhouse effects there by making world green
Speaker 5: Edmond Ngwalago – Converting organic wastes to two-in–one low cost organic pesticides & fertilizer using complex natural enzymatic process, microbes and nano technology
Speaker 6: Ajok Lynn Jolly –
An irrigation system powered by solar energy for farms in Omoro district for the young women aged 20 to 35 years of age
Moderator: Mr. Mabile Jothdit, EAC Youth Ambassador, South Sudan
Rapporteur: Bruce Sakindi, EAYN Coordinator, Rwanda
Feature / SEI was invited to share research insights with the International Development Association and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Past event / SEI's Finance for Sustainable Development team will explore financing solutions for clean energy in Sub-Saharan Africa at this UN side event.
Media coverage / SEI Africa expert on water systems, Harriette Adhiambo Okal, speaks on 'water wars' and the importance of harnessing technological solutions to water scarcity.
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